Visas denied to foreign coaches

NEW DELHI, July 16: The Japanese embassy has denied visas to all five foreign officials accompanying the Indian contingent to the 12th th...

NEW DELHI, July 16: The Japanese embassy has denied visas to all five foreign officials accompanying the Indian contingent to the 12th the Asian Track and Field Meet in Fukuoka (Japan) from July 19-22.

Coaches Aleksei Ivano, Gueorgui Tchernychev and Masseurgennadi Kossarev (Russia), sprint coach Valery Moshkovsky and team doctor Yuri Boyko (both Ukraine) have not been issued visas.

“We submitted the relevant papers as early as June 1 and also provided supporting papers sent by the Japanese athletic federation. But the authorities here say they have to get clearance from their foreign ministry,’ AAFI secretary Lalit K Bhanot said.

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